Tuesday, July 28, 2026

this will be my kick off or starting point. rather than creating a new blog

1) Fran Gama - she was one of the most beautiful women I knew. She was so organized and had the best ideas. I  recall lessons that she taught in RS, her son, who was in Brooksie's class at church, the time she yelled at her dog and I over heard her and thought she was yelling at a child! Lol. Then, the time she told me about loosing a tooth on her mission and it was replaced, I never knew. Then she met a former missionary from her mission and got married to him... she had moved to California with him but then she passed away. I went to her wedding, though. She was such a beautiful person. I recalled in one lesson that she gave I told her that it was rediculous to think about our appearance ( she was overweight ) because that was not what most people notice or admire about someone anyway.

But, I think that we partner up being overweight with being slothful, kinda like I was always afraid of anyone knowing that I had dentures because they would assume that meant I had bad hygiene and lost my teeth.

2) My Dad - I honestly always wanted to be like him, but I feared that would mean I would get fat. But, when my older brother became overweight  I did not think less of him either, he was still the coolest person in the world. It was his intense humor that I valued most anyhow. Pluss, my dad was likely worrying about many other things than his weight at the time, like being a bishop or in the stake presidency, the president of a manufacturing company and raising a huge family. All of which he did an amazing job at.

3) That fat singer girl on "School of Rock" infact I tjink I will go watch that now. Her talent was singing, she was extremely talented, but nearly spoiled everything for the group because she was going to be paralyzed with concern for her weight.

https://youtu.be/AWUWmM8vroM?is=lLqx6sjGVDDV2VrA